Meet the author

Feb. 15: Virtual Book Signing (an hourlong webcast with books available for sale), noon, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago. Go to http://tinyurl.com/os3f4u4.

March 5: Book signing and food samples, 7 p.m., SubText bookstore, 165 Western Av., St. Paul. Free.

March 27: Discussion of history from the kitchen perspective, 7 p.m., Common Good Books, 38 S. Snelling, St. Paul. Free.